Pop

I lived in the ghetto and I watched it
You know the little guys that are standing around
Crossing their arms and they're not lovable
They're not giving any love
They could give a damn about me
I understand it all too well

Hip-hop so pop, bust it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fannie Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped
Right hand of my pop, stand back when I pop
Snap, crackle, and pop, trap jack in the box
Drive fast and they pop, we the crabs in the pot
Uncle Remus fried, hot mild sauce and a

Let's get it poppin', who's the most popular?
Rappers write op-eds about they soap operas
Prosper us, send black kids to colleges
Meanwhile on the Westside it's an apocalypse
Hood lessons, grandma's blessings
I was Flintstone, y'all was livin' like the Jetsons
Now they all threaten when they see us head jettin'
It's hard to be a king in this world without peasants
Mom and pop popped up when they son was popped at the pop-up
Bullets flew towards whole shop up

The product, it's a miracle that he got up
What's it profit a man to let his debts pile up?

Populace, poverish, propagandists, politics
False prophets, promises
People ain't the problem, power is

Lil' Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' with Bad Boy, he and Dre got popped
Him Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rap turned to pop, everybody's the opps
Guns that only pop, Alec Baldwin popped
Still stunned, mumblin' niggas got all the guap
They all sound pop, same shit, new pot

When you lames spit that bullshit, we all get popped
This a hip-hop stick up, proper when I pop in
Can't nobody stop her, the lotus is still a problem
Probably ain't possible, the proof is in the audibles
It's plausible this particular puzzle's unsolvable
Everybody's weak now and suckers for lollipops

Puppets for popularity, who's the Bugattiest?

Gods and goddesses, power that got us this
Monumental metropolis, we the opulent occupants
Dealin' in dominance, fulfillin' the promises
They create policy, we deal with the consequence
Shorties is visible from feelin' anonymous
We build on principle while they playin' politics

Projects, prospects, prominent, progress

It's the process for our kids
People ain't the problem, power is

Hip-hop so pop, bust it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fannie Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped

Lil' Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' with Bad Boy, he and Dre got popped
Him Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
When you lames spit that bullshit, we all get popped

The proof of this is nobody gave, nobody cares

As long as our kids are dyin'
Lil' Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' with Bad Boy, he and Dre got popped
Him Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rap turned to pop, everybody's the opps
Hip-hop so pop, bust it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fannie Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped

It's a victim like me, a brother like me
I ain't no better than he is
I really am not any better than he is
We're in the same trap for the same reasons
It's the same way, you know, that the great powers

Can use a tribal war in, you know
Set them against each other, then blame both parties
They're both out of blame
Because they have to stop and think about it
Of course
Even that there was no point in it
But baby, it takes people a very long time to learn a very little